| 2026-07-01 |
The recovery details are now officially recorded in police documents, which the anchor asserts proves the theft of Ram Mandir donations took place.
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| 2026-07-01 |
From the seventh accused, Ramashankar Mishra, police recovered ₹7,32,170 in cash, two white-metal coins and a 24.72-gram toe-ring (bichhua).
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| 2026-07-01 |
Accused Ramashankar 'Tinnu' Yadav was Champat Rai's driver and was given a job at the Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya.
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| 2026-07-01 |
The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra — also a relative of Anil Mishra and brother-in-law of Anukalp Mishra — had ₹14,25,000 recovered from him, including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
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| 2026-07-01 |
The third accused, Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, had approximately ₹16,82,040 in cash recovered, including 2,853 notes of ₹500 denomination.
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| 2026-07-01 |
The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the donation cash, had cash recovered from him by police including 500-rupee and 200-rupee notes and coins.
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| 2026-07-01 |
Police recovered the largest haul from accused Avinash Shukla, who logged the donations register: cash, 10,121 US dollars, 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14-gram chain and a 3.44-gram gold ring.
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| 2026-07-01 |
For the first time, police have disclosed exactly how much stolen money was recovered from each of the arrested accused in the Ram Mandir donation theft case.
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Accused Ramshankar 'Tinnu' Yadav was Champat Rai's driver who was given a job at Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya.
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The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra — also a relative of Anil Mishra and Anukalp Mishra's brother-in-law — was found with ₹14,25,000 including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
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| 2026-07-01 |
Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, was found with approximately ₹16,82,040 in cash including 2,853 notes of ₹500.
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| 2026-07-01 |
The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the donation cash, was found with ₹18,763 in cash including 500-rupee and 200-rupee notes.
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| 2026-07-01 |
Police recovered from accused Avinash Shukla (who kept the register of donations) the largest haul: ₹39,220 in cash, 10,121 US dollars, 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14-gram chain, and a 3.44-gram gold ring.
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| 2026-06-29 |
Lavkush Mishra, who counted donation-box offerings at the Ram Mandir, bought land worth ₹8,80,000 in his wife Supriya Mishra's name, with the land mutation dated 6 March 2026, and a large house was being built on it with stolen offering money.
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| 2026-06-28 |
According to information received by the channel, SBI outsourced donation-counting at Ram Mandir to a Varanasi security agency, which — at the urging of temple trust insiders — hired relatives and acquaintances of trust-linked employees; this group hid offerings and stashed them in a bathroom about 50 metres from the counting hall, from where trust-linked people carried the money out without being checked.
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| 2026-06-28 |
In the Ram Mandir theft, counting staff allegedly hid bundles of notes, gold and silver coins and jewellery in their clothes, exploited un-frisked bathroom breaks to stash the loot in hiding spots in a bathroom just 50 metres from the counting room, and later retrieved it or smuggled it out through accomplices.
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| 2026-06-25 |
Accused Lavkush Mishra is the man from whose house police initially recovered ₹1 lakh in cash, and his job was recommended by trust employee Anukalp Mishra himself.
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| 2026-06-25 |
The first FIR has been registered in the Ram Mandir donation theft case, naming eight accused.
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| 2026-06-16 |
It is alleged that around Rs 200 crore of devotees' donations went missing from the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, and the UP government has been forced to constitute an SIT to investigate.
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